Grammar
What does a complex sentence look like?
1 IC + 1 DC
Why did the original thane of Cawdor die?
Treason
What is Macbeth's wife's name?
Lady Macbeth
In Scene 1, what type of supernatural creatures appear AND how many are there?
three witches
What color note card does Ms. Miles use for your hour during test days?
Answers will vary.
A semicolon only appears in what type of sentence?
Compound
What does Macbeth immediately think of when he hears his prophecies?
murdering Duncan.
What is Macbeth's best friend's name and what are they both really good at?
Banquo; fighting.
What is Lady Macbeth doing when we first meet her?
reading a letter.
Name one of the prompts from the 4 Corners game.
Social media has made relationships worse.
Women act differently when they know a man has money.
etc.
What's the difference between using commas & dashes to enclose?
Dashes are used to add more emphasis.
What is the difference between Macbeth's external & internal self?
Macbeth's external self is humble but his internal self is devious.
What are Duncan's two sons' names?
Malcolm & Donalbain
What are Duncan's two sons' names?
Malcolm & Donalbain
During the King + Yousafzai essay, why were you allowed to write in pencil?
In case you made a mistake or you had to fix something, you can erase.
Rewrite the sentence to include two dashes used correctly.
Kelly had to find a job her bills were growing by the minute but she needed a new resume.
Kelly had to find a job - her bills were growing by the minute - but she needed a new resume.
What is the difference between a soliloquy & a monologue?
Monologue=a character makes a speech with others on stage
Soliloquy=a character makes a speech alone stage.
What is the full, official title that Duncan has given his eldest son?
Prince of Cumberland.
Name two of Banquo's three prophecies.
His sons, but not he, will be king.
He is less than Macbeth, but greater.
He is not as happy as Macbeth, but happier.
Consider this situation.
You get detention and put on the LD list. Then, Ms. Miles puts numbers next to your name like this: (3) John. What do those numbers mean?
It means that John has an extra 3 minutes he must serve/he has 13 minutes of LD.
Name three things wrong with this sentence.
Spring Break, witch was so mid this year- was boring and i didn't go anywhere.
"witch" should be "which"
never mix a comma & dash when surrounding extra info
"I" should be capitalized.
Macbeth is a man of contradictions. Why does he have second thoughts about killing the king?
He wants to enjoy the honors longer (or)
Duncan is a good, righteous king.
Give three adjectives to describe Lady Macbeth's character.
ambitious, greedy, mocking, power-hungry, gold-digging, etc.
Name the three parts of the plan Lady Macbeth devises to kill Duncan.
1. get the servants drunk.
2. stab the king with their daggers.
3. smear his blood on them.
What was the very first story we ever read in 10th grade?
"Fish Cheeks"